In this book, the history of trade in Australia, Canada and Mexico is analyzed. By providing an historical and critical account of trade policy in these countries, it offers a welcome antidote to the ahistorical accounts of free trade supporters.

1. Introduction 2. The Political Economy of Australian Development in Long-Run Perspective: From Lucky Country to Banana Republic? 3. The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA): Reinforcing Re-Peripheralisation 4. Contesting Neoliberal Globalism in Australia: Opportunities for Progressive Alternatives 5. The Political Economy of Canadian Development in Long-Run Perspective 6. Canada's Free-Trade Agreements with the US and Mexico: The Exaggeration of North American Trade 7. Contesting Neoliberal Globalism in Canada: A Sovereign Country in an Interdependent World 8. The Political Economy of Mexican Development in a Long-Run Perspective 9. Mexico and NAFTA: Re-Peripheralisation under the Labour Export-Led Model 10. Contesting Neoliberal Globalism in Mexico: Challenges for the Political and the Social Left 11. Re-Peripheralisation and its Alternatives: Comparative Conclusions